| RefNo | CLP/7ii/15 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'The construction and use of spherical mapps, or such as are delineated upon portions of a spherical surface' by John Colson |
| Date | 1735 |
| Description | Colson suggests that geographical mapps, and hydrographical charts, 'though they are representations of a convex spherical surface, yet were first delineated upon planes', are 'the most easy and obvious, though not the most natural and accurate representations.' He describes the construction and use of spherical maps or globes.
Subject: Cartography
Read to the Royal Society on 27 November 1735
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The construction and use of spherical maps, or such as are delineated upon portions of a spherical surface' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0041 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7778 | Colson; John (1680 - 1760) | 1680 - 1760 |